Even if you don’t care about the privacy implications of tracking cookies and other technologies sites use to identify us online, you might want to turn on Tracking Protection in Firefox anyway for a potential big speed boost. »5/26/15 9:30am 5/26/15 9:30am

Chrome: If you’ve ever full-screened a video in Chrome, you’ve probably seen the redundant warning letting you know that a site wants to full-screen a video. If you’d rather not tell your browser that, yes, you meant to do that every single time, here’s how to permanently remove the permission request. »4/22/15 4:30am 4/22/15 4:30am

iOS: Apple's Safari makes it easy to view your open Safari tabs from your iPhone or iPad. That means others can see what you have open. If you want to close one of those tabs remotely, swipe to the right. »4/04/15 12:00pm 4/04/15 12:00pm

In order for Spotlight to work properly, it needs to send your search data to Google, Apple, and Bing. Initially, it seems easy enough to disable this if you care about privacy, but as users over on Hacker News note, it's not as obvious as it seems. »10/20/14 12:30pm 10/20/14 12:30pm

There are a handful of sites out there that don't let you zoom in on them when you're looking at the mobile version. This can be annoying if the font's too small or it's just hard to read. To fix this, WonderHowTo shows you how to use a bit of JavaScript in a bookmark. »7/25/14 1:30pm 7/25/14 1:30pm

Chrome: No one has time to click on every link they see online. If you'd like to get a preview of a page just by hovering over the link, Streamfully is a new extension that will show it to you, and more. »7/03/14 10:30am 7/03/14 10:30am

While we love Chrome on just about any device—smartphone, desktop or otherwise—Mobile Safari offers a pretty great experience on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. Because it's Apple-made, you can do a lot more with it—especially if you know a few tricks. »12/26/13 12:00pm 12/26/13 12:00pm

If you like a flatter design everywhere, websites with 3D buttons and other layout elements can be annoying. This neat little bookmarklet by developer Adam Schwartz promises to flatten any web page. »11/16/13 2:00pm 11/16/13 2:00pm

Chrome: Nobody likes horizontal scrolling. Unless you have a mouse with two scroll wheels, there's no quick way to do it. Or so we all thought, until we discovered the Shift+Scroll shortcut. »11/01/13 7:30am 11/01/13 7:30am

Chrome: If you're reading a gigantic article in Chrome, it's easy to get lost and lose track of where you're at. Scrollbar of Contents is an extension that provides you a guide to find what you're looking for quickly by adding markers to the scrollbar. »10/08/13 12:30pm 10/08/13 12:30pm

Chrome: When you're dealing with a lot of tabs, it can be tough to stay focused on just one. NiftySplit is a unique Chrome extension with a clever idea to keep you in line. »9/15/13 3:00pm 9/15/13 3:00pm

Chrome/Firefox/Safari: There's no shortage of ways to save content from the web to review later, but few services handle videos, photos, and text as seamlessly and quickly as Dragdis. »5/12/13 3:00pm 5/12/13 3:00pm

Chrome: If you want to quickly check out a link in an article, but don't want to commit to opening a new tab or losing your place on the current page, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better extension than CoolPreviews. »5/11/13 3:00pm 5/11/13 3:00pm

Chrome: Scrolling around with your keyboard in Google Chrome isn't exactly a nice experience. It's jerky, and you can't really read while you do it. Smooth Key Scroll is an extension that makes scrolling with the keyboard as smooth as it is with a mouse. »1/29/13 10:30am 1/29/13 10:30am

Namehelp is a DNS optimization tool for Windows, Mac, and Linux that can significantly improve your web performance, whether you use a public DNS like Google Public DNS or OpenDNS or your ISP’s. Developed by Northwestern University researchers, the app runs in the background optimizing your DNS configuration and… »11/01/12 11:30am 11/01/12 11:30am

Chrome: If you want to quickly glance at a link within a news article but don't want to click on it, SwiftPreview is a simple way to do it. When you hover over a link, SwiftPreview shows a graphic preview of the page linked, and the extension is fully customizable so you can keep it from being annoying. »9/06/12 6:30am 9/06/12 6:30am

Chrome: If you'd like a cleaner look to some of the web sites you visit, Page Eraser will neatly and smoothly get rid of obtrusive ads, annoying sidebars, and other page elements with just two clicks of your mouse. »8/16/12 2:30pm 8/16/12 2:30pm

Companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are currently competing for a new round of top-level domains—think new versions of .com and .org like .search, .blog and .app. They think this will make the internet easier to use, but we think it's a bit sketchier than they'd like to admit. Here's why. »6/26/12 5:15pm 6/26/12 5:15pm

The internet can bring you a lot of joy, but it can also turn into a world of pain the moment you make one stupid mistake. Perhaps you've been feeding the trolls, using "password" as your password, or selling your soul for access to a "free" web app. Your dumb mistakes can come back to bite you in the ass if you… »1/30/12 8:00am 1/30/12 8:00am